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Auction Technology Group PLCATG.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Information Technology›Internet Software/Services
Momentum leader 82
Mkt cap
$789M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
67%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.33M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
16.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-7.1 pp
WACC 9.9%
Hurdle
-10 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
18 days
24 Nov 2026
Close · GBP£484.60
1D-4.3%
1W+0.2%
1M+3.6%
3M+7.9%
6M+36.4%
YTD+73.7%
1Y+63.2%
ATR %3.4%
52w lowhigh5.8% off high

What Auction Technology does

No business profile yet.

Auction Technology at a glance

Size Auction Technology (ATG.L) is a United Kingdom Information Technology company (Internet Software/Services) with a market value of $789M, the 244th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £484.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 36.4%, against -7.5% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 22.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.2%); the operating margin is 11.3% (peer median 5.7%).

Valuation It trades at 16.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.0× (8th most expensive of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +33%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.1 points below its cost of capital (9.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ATG.L 137Peer median 90
Six months, rebased to 100: Auction Technology against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Auction Technology financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-09-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£170M£146M£137M£135M£120M
Revenue growth—+6%+2%+13%—
Gross profit£92.7M£86.5M£88.3M£86.2M£72.7M
EBITDA£54.6M£53.9M£58.3M£56.4M£48.0M
Net income-£113M-£111M£19.1M£16.9M-£6.13M
Free cash flow£42.7M£39.3M£36.0M£38.5M£31.9M
Capital expenditure£8.52M£8.66M£8.84M£9.33M£4.48M
Total debtn/a£141M£93.1M£125M£183M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Auction Technology competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%IXIGOPUBMNXDRFUBOYALAPXEDCARS2273IQTMVLZJMIAOMDASDRSIFY4819HEPS2687JUSTDIALATG.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Auction Technology is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×200×IXIGOPUBMNXDRYALAPXED2273LZOMDASDR768548192687ATG.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Auction Technology is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%IXIGOPUBMNXDRCARS2273TMVLZOMDASDR76854819ATG.LGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Auction Technology is the large dot.

Auction Technology competitors and peer comparison

How Auction Technology compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Auction Technology against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureATG.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.6%-6.9%5th highest of 21
6-month return+36.4%-7.5%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-5.8%-41.2%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+22.2%+11.2%4th highest of 20
Operating margin11.3%5.7%7th highest of 20
Forward P/E16.1×15.0×8th most expensive of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)22.7%7.8%5th most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+32.6%+15.9%4th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-9.9 pp-5.9 pp6th least demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-7.1 pp-4.8 pp6th lowest of 15
EV / EBITDA12.9×9.3×6th most expensive of 13
Net debt / EBITDA2.2×-1.2×4th most indebted of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Auction Technology ATG.LUnited Kingdom$789M+36%+22%11%16.1×22.7%+32.6%
Le Travenues Technology IXIGO.NSIndia$775M-2%+16%6%47.3×38.2%+55.4%
PubMatic PUBMUnited States$811M+82%-1%-5%360.6×7.8%+13.7%
Nextdoor NXDRUnited States$758M-3%+10%-17%350.1×24.0%+15.9%
FuboTV FUBOUnited States$830M-26%n/an/an/an/an/a
Yalla Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR YALAUnited States$863M-21%-4%31%7.0×n/an/a
Phoenix Education Partners PXEDUnited States$718M-36%+1%17%5.0×n/an/a
Cars.com CARSUnited States$715M+14%+1%11%6.2×5.7%+5.7%
Gushengtang 2273.HKHong Kong$874M+1%+12%13%13.4×2.4%+27.6%
iQIYI, Inc. Sponsored ADR IQUnited States$886M-20%-3%-2%n/an/an/a
TeamViewer TMV.DEGermany$894M-5%+2%34%5.2×-11.0%+10.4%
LegalZoom.com LZUnited States$897M-19%+12%4%6.7×6.1%+9.9%
Jumia Technologies AG Sponsored ADR JMIAUnited States$676M-29%+27%-27%n/an/an/a
Omada Health OMDAUnited States$924M+2%+48%0%37.1×28.7%+42.9%
SiteMinder SDR.AXAustralia$666M+14%+19%-2%94.9×21.9%+21.4%
BuySell Technologies 7685.TJapan$938M-28%+58%11%15.0×-1.2%+46.8%
Sify Technologies Limited Sponsored ADR SIFYUnited States$941M-20%+11%8%n/an/an/a
Digital Garage 4819.TJapan$654M-10%+4%-6%61.2×30.0%+7.1%
D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret AS Sponsored ADR HEPSUnited States$979M-3%+22%-3%n/an/an/a
Shanghai Able Digital Science&Tech 2687.HKHong Kong$612M-50%+19%10%20.6×n/an/a
Just Dial JUSTDIAL.NSIndia$610M+24%+9%25%10.9×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Auction Technology's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Le Travenues Technology (IXIGO.NS), PubMatic (PUBM), Nextdoor (NXDR), FuboTV (FUBO), Yalla Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR (YALA), Phoenix Education Partners (PXED), Cars.com (CARS), Gushengtang (2273.HK).
Is Auction Technology expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 16.1× against a peer median of 15.0×, 8th most expensive of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +33%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Auction Technology stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +36.4% against -7.5% for the median peer; over one year +63.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.